since (the) year one

idiom

US, informal

: for a very long time : since a time in the distant past

That monument has been there since the year one.

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Recent Examples on the Web And obviously looking at this lineup Made in America has evolved since year one. —

Steve Baltin, Forbes, 20 June 2022

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